(95024) Ericaellingson Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 8 January 2002 by Asiago-DLR Asteroid Survey at Cima Ekar.
Erica Ellingson (b. 1962), astronomer at the University of Boulder (CO), is an observational cosmologist, studying the origin, content and evolution of the universe. Her speciality is clusters of galaxies, held together by the gravity of invisible dark matter.Naming citation (20130127/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Ericaellingson is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Ericaellingson is 2.48 au from the Sun and 1.56 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 95024 |
| Provisional designation | 2002 AH18 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.22 km (#16,746 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.299 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.63 |
| Orbital period | 3.61 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.35 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.22 – 2.48 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0560 |
| Inclination | 8.29° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.21 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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Also discovered on 8 January 2002
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